With their third album, Further Joy, LA punk band The Regrettes have taken their sound in an increasingly pop direction, leading to an album that feels more like Parallel Lines than Vacation and which has been very well received.
The video to 'Anxieties (Out Of Time)' looks and feels like an homage to Atlanta, Georgia's finest the B52's, adding a sense of kitsch cheer that contrasts with the sense of awkwardness and tensions displayed by the band members throughout. For the band have created an incredibly catchy paen to the terrors of anxiety, imposter syndrome and self doubt.
"I can hear the sirens, and my visions blurry" begins Lydia Night against a background of almost harpsichord esque keyboard riffs. "Knock me down; I won't back down. Knock me down; I won't back down" she sings, mantra like, in the chorus against a rolling march of strident drums.
The breathless style of singing Night deploys in the bridge evokes the physical sensation of anxiety equally as much as the lyrics do, and there is a constant plea to "Just. Let. Me. Breathe." With 'Anxieties (Out of Time)' the band are conveying a sense of strength through candid honesty and vulnerability, creating a powerful message wrapped up in an irresistibly catchy brightly coloured package. More power to their elbow.
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